TECHNICIAN
tuesday october
29 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Museum turns to crowd funding Katherine Kehoe Staff Writer
More than 30 students demonstrated against the NSA’s presence on campus Monday at the Bell Tower.
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SDS protests NSA research lab, holds encryption clinic Ravi Chittilla Staff Writer
A group of N.C. State students protested the University’s August announcement that the National Security Agency is open a research lab on Centennial Campus. NCSU Students for Democratic Society led a Cryptoparty Monday to teach
attendees about protecting themselves from governmental surveillance and show their frustration with recent revelations about the NSA’s data collection methods. The event culminated in an artistic demonstration at the Bell Tower. Cryptoparty, a grassroots, global initiative introduces basic Internet techniques to the general public, teaching them how to encrypt their personal tech-
nologies from being read by surveillance. More than 30 people attended the workshop and learned how to encrypt their web browsers, cellphones and hard drives from privacy invasion. Cryptoparty started in 2012 on a Twitter thread between Australian privacy advocate @Asher_Wolf and computer
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The North Carolina Museum of History is raising money through unconventional methods to fund new exhibits. The N.C. Museum of History chose crowd funding instead of traditional fundraising to help raise $25,000 for an upcoming exhibit, which is set to open November of next year. Crowd funding differs from traditional fundraising in that anyone can donate to the project in small increments as opposed to large thousand-dollar chunks. The museum used Indiegogo. com to fund “Starring North Carolina,” which will be a yearlong exhibit celebrating filmmaking in North Carolina. According to Camil le Hunt, the museum’s project manager, the museum chose to use the crowd funding website in an effort to engage donors in a new way. Hunt said that turning to Internet crowd funding was partially inspired by a wildly successful campaign in New York, which raised more than
$1.7 million for a museum dedicated to Nikola Tesla. “After seeing the success of the campaign to fund a Tesla museum, I thought we should definitely give it a try,” Hunt said. Hunt said that most of the funds the museum receives from the state go toward employee salaries, insurance costs and building expenses. Hunt also said Funding for new exhibits must come from private contributions. As an incentive to give to the project, the museum offers perks to crowd funding donors based on the amount contributed. For example, a donor who gives $36 gets a “Starring North Carolina!” T-Shirt as a reward for contributing. Hunt said one of the strengths of this kind of campaign is that it creates a sense of belonging among contributors, and it gets them excited about donating in a new and trendy way. “Not everyone can afford to be a high-level sponsor and crowd funding gives us all a chance to pitch in,” Hunt said. “Trends in giving
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Albright: U.S.-China relations key for solving global issues Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor
Several students and scholars discussed China’s role in the world Monday, considering whether the country is moving toward a bilateral partnership with the United States. This new relationship would mean both countries will stand on equal international footing.
The National Committee on United States – China Relations hosted a China Town Hall in conjunction with 66 other locations worldwide. N.C. State live streamed the event to students and faculty. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave audiences a lecture about how current Americans and Chinese officials see the relationship between the two coun-
tries. Albright lectured about almost every hot topic, from the Middle East to cyber spying to air pollution in Beijing. “This relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in this century,” Albright said. “A lot of people are wondering if the United States and China work together to solve world problems.” Albright said her relation-
ship with China began in mid-1970s, in Washington, where she served on President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Staff. She then referenced President Nixon’s attempts to strengthen the ties between the two countries in his 1972 visit, which was, at the time, the first visit of an American president to the foreign country in more than 25 years.
“Since then, all administrations since Nixon have sought to maintain stable relationships with China,” Albright said. “Five Chinese regimes have done the same. Our relationship must continue to endure. Washington doesn’t want to manage all the world’s burdens.” Albright also talked about the increasing importance China should have in man-
aging these burdens. “The United States is indispensable, but indispensable doesn’t mean alone,” Albright said. The major world issues include terrorism, nuclear proliferation and global pandemics. These require us to have partners, and I believe the Chinese have interest in the same issues.”
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Seminar highlights water safety problems in first event this year Mona Bazzaz Correspondent
The Office of International Affairs and the Global Health Initiative at N.C. State held the first Global Issues Seminar of the year Monday. These seminars have been around since 2009 and serve as an environment for students and other members of the University to listen to an informative discussion regarding pressing global issues, according to the event’s website. The topic of Monday’s 90-minute discussion was water security on a global scale. N.C. State students, faculty and Triangle residents interested in global affairs heavily populated the auditorium in Withers Hall. Four panelists each took a turn lecturing the audience about a variety of issues regarding water security. Marian G. McCord, a profe s s or of te x t i le e ng i ne e ring, chemistry and science and the director of Global Health Initiatives, said the goal of these global issues seminars is to expose students to very important issues in health world-wide. “We hope students make connections between things they are studying here at N.C. State and global needs and solutions for these issues at hand,” McCord said.
McCord said she is a strong believer that these seminars are important and informative. “I think it is just really important to put these big global health challenges out in front of students,” McCord said. “Students are very creative and will be the people who solve some of the greatest challenges the world is facing today and will face in the future.” According to Water.org, 780 million humans don’t have any means of acquiring clean water and 3.4 million people die each year due to improper water sanitation and water born disease. Velvet Gaston, a senior in environmental engineering and president of the N.C. State chapter of Engineers without Boarders, spoke first. She recapped her summer in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the Lemon Aid Fund. While there, she worked on fixing a pipeline in order to bring clean water to that region, she said. Detlef Knappe, a professor in civil, construction and environmental engineering, spoke next. Knappe lectured the audience about what’s called the water footprint, which is the amount of fresh water used for production to create goods. The third speaker was Damian
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Reverend C. T. Vivian, a civil rights leader and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom speaks with Dr. Sheila Smith McKoy Monday Oct. 28, 2013 in the Washington Sankofa Room of Witherspoon.
Civil rights activist lectures audiences about racial tensions, time with MLK Brittany Bynum Staff Writer
Rev. C. T. Vivian discussed social justice movements of the past and present for students and faculty at N.C. State Monday. African American Cultural Center hosted the lecture. This is the third year the Living Legends event has taken place. Vivian is a minister, author, lieutenant of the Reverend Martin Luther King
Jr., and revolutionist of the Civil Rights Movement. Vivian, who likes to refer to himself as “90 years young,” said he has been a part of the civil rights movement for more than 70 years. He has held several racial awareness workshops at N.C. State, which seek to eliminate the racism on campus and in the way faculty members approach each other. Uninhibited Praise NCSU Gospel Choir performed the song God
is Great by Ricky Dillard. Then, Dr. Shelia Smith Mckoy, Director of AACC, led the discussion with Dr. Vivian. “Dr. Vivian made N.C. State a diverse space and changed the face of N.C. State.” McKoy said. Vivian’s lecture started with a review of non-violent strategy. He said he used direct action in his first years as an activist but that non-vi-
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